The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-10-12
Washington County.
Barre.

Wllil IL dt lllt Olu III tdulU DldCt,
and is now open for travel. This lessons
the distance considerably for those who |
travel the East Montpelier road. - j.
H. Jackson is making extensive repairs
upon the place bought of Mrs. Keith. -
The granite shops are closing earlier nights
now on account of shorter days. 80 Mrs
s. II. Nye has sold her place to the Central
Vermont Railroad Company for 5000. The
road to Willamstown runs so near the house
as to necessitate moving IL, and the Central
folks, as the easiest way out of the difficulty,
purchased it. - George Smith has traded
his farm for one located near South Barre.
Charles n Benedict of this village
and Miss Mary Boutwell, of Morrisville and
Warner f. Colby and Hattie Gurley of this
place were married at Morrisville last week
Wednesday. - The game of baseball
last Saturday between the Waterbury and
Goddard mines resulted in an overwhelming
defeat for the Waterbury boys, the score
standing twenty-five to two in favor OF
the Goddards. - The Green Mountain
Trotting Association holds a meeting at the
park next Saturday afternoon, at which
time there will be several races. - Do
not forget the lecture by General George A.
Sheridan next Friday evening at the Opera
hall. 81 Modern Pagan " is his subject.
60 Professor Ober of Waterbury will
hold his first singing-school of the term
next week Tuesday evening - o. j.
Howes is collecting the village and highway
tax of fifty cents on the dollar.
East Calais.
REV. 1. e. DwINELL, DID,, of Oakland,
Cal, has been spending a few days with his
brothers, and delivered the sermon last Sun
day morning. 60 Dell Dwinell came very
near losing the front teeth on his upper jaw
last Saturday by getting hit on the mouth
by baseball. They were pretty well
loosened, and he went ABOUT for several
days with more lip than usual. - Frank
Marsh is daily making improvements in
the looks of the old Alden place. The latest
is the addition of piazza to the front and
one end of the house. - Mrs. G. II. Dwi-
nell is visiting relatives in Cambridge,
Mass. She was joined this week by her
husband. - b. p. White returned from
| Boston last Saturday. George Carley, who
! has been spending few weeks in Roxbury,
came home last week. - Walter p.
Slayton of the south part of the town was
crossing a field, carrying a couple of bushels
of butternuts he had just gathered, and,
making misstep, the bag swung round
against him in such manner as to break
both bones in one leg - f. E. Marsh
and Burnham, on three days hunt, killed
twenty-four partridges, hedgehog and
| quite number of crows. - w. G. Peck
has on exhibition at c. r. Dwinell's store
a stalk of corn that has four ears on
it, three fully tipped and the other fair
sized ear. o. A. WILDER sold e" Sell
kreg Patchen " colt to a man in Waterbury
for S100
Fayston.
THE school in district No. 1 Della A.
Thompson, teacher) closed last Saturday.
- Now that the crops are harvested
and the threshing and husking nearly all
done, the report may be summed up as fol-
lows: Potatoes and wheat, nearly fail
ure; oats, fair; corn, remarkably good.
Notwithstanding we have had hardly any
| rain for four weeks, the fall feed is very
good. 60 Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Bragg have
hpap Iisitipu frian1a in Npwnnrt A
ifteen-year-old daughter of Edward Gotta,
who is in the insane asylum in Brattle-
boro, is now suffering from the same
malady, and will be taken to the asylum
the present week This is strong evidence
that insanity may be hereditary. -
Alex. Mclaughlin is very low with disease
of the brain, caused by poisoning while at
work in dye-house in Westboro, Mass
Marshfield.
Mr.. BRiGGs of Barre preached last Sun
day morning and evening at the Methodist
church. - Mr.. Taylor commences a
series OF holiness meetings this Wednesday,
evening, with some help he has obtained
from abroad. - Presiding Elder Truax
met the board of stewards Monday at the
vestry of the Methodist church on business
and in the evening preached a very able
sermon. - May Burnham, wife of Silas
Houghton was buried Monday at Hooker
vile, Rev. j. ID. Bailey officiating. -
huN outpdIu lids HOlt W fAlbdlN IOI a AtN
or two to visit friends. - Alvah Shep-
ard has gone to Montpelier to work in a
shoe-shop, doing custom work and repair
ing - Mrs. Florence Merritt and daugh
ters of Salisbury, relatives of o. w. Chase
the photographer, are stopping with him al
Mr.. Whites, his boarding-pla for a few
days. Mr.. Chase gave donkey party las
Friday night which created considerable
merriment among the young people.
MiddleseX.
QUARTERLY meeting services will be helt
at the church in the village next Sabbath
Presiding Elder TruaX is expected to con
duct the services. - Mrs. Ladd, widow
of the late Almon A. Ladd, is very i'll. He
son, d. f. Ladd of Keene, n. H., and hii
wife are in town helping take care of her
Middlesex Center.
THERE will be a meeting of the Cente
Lyceum next Saturday evening at the
church. The programme will include
paper and debate. If enough interest il
shown the meetings will be continued for
few weeks. - William Chaplin returned
from the fair and Board of Agriculture
meeting at Grand Isle well pleased witt
the county, the people and the meeting
1t was an exceptionally good thing al
round.
= Shady Rill.
JOHN p. FLINT and wife have returned
from Massachusetts, where they have beeI
, visiting for the past three weeks. =
, Addison Minott and G. G. Virgins hav'
connected their homes by telephone
which works to perfection == John Il
: George, who has been sick for the pas
few days, is now convalescent. - Th
Grange holds fair in its hall Saturda.
evening, October 10Th, Bill of fare, pump
kin-pie and cheese. - Lathrop Lewis i
laid up with "A sore on his hand.
| Moretown.
Miss BESSIE BRUCE gave a party Monda.
evening to about twenty of her schoolmates
| the occasion being her sixteenth birthday
The evening passed off very pleasantly il
2 the usual way-with games, refreshments
> etc. She was the recipient of a handsome
= silk handkerchief and a linen bureau scar
from her guests, and was also remembers
by other friends. - Rev. and Mrs. w
r H. Deane are visiting in Ripton this week
' go Mrs. Lettie Bruce Hayden of Mont
peler is visiting her parents in this place
- Harry Bulkley, Esq, and wife re
y turned last week from a visiting tour I
: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode ISLAM
: and New Hampshire. 80 Report say
Roswell Child, Esq, has sold the farm re
Gently carried on by George Spaulding t.
: Frank Berno.
= Northfield.
! c. ID. EDGERToN will receive subscrir
tions and advertisements for the WATCH
MAN. Office in MetCalfS block over Blake
Il store. =- most terrible and distressin
e accident took place at the house of Charlie
g Dole, on the hill west of the Center Sun